WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:06.519 This is WWE Superstar Drew mcintylor, and you're listening to 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:16.000 the WWE podcast show. 3 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:26.280 The one that everybody wants me sixteen. So I just 4 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:28.879 work your ass is mind. 5 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:30.640 You're going to acknowledge me. 6 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.359 What is going on? Everybody, and welcome to another main 7 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:41.479 event review. Thank you very much for tuning into this 8 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.000 week's main event review post money in the Bank. So 9 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:48.240 back to normal proceedings with the two main event matches 10 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:52.240 as well as snippets from Raw and a little bit 11 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:54.960 from SmackDown as well. A lot to get through in 12 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.439 this main event. Lots of promos here, so lots of 13 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:02.479 breakdown the promos. Not gonna basically review the promos and 14 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.280 exactly what's been said word for word. I'm sure that 15 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:07.879 everyone's sort of got to that by now, but sort 16 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.879 of give my opinion and kind of sparkle and address 17 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:14.799 what happened in each of the promos on Raw too. 18 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:17.920 But before we begin, I do like to mention that 19 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.239 I do have my own podcast. It is called The 20 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:24.079 Huddle Within. It's a sports podcast going on beyond the 21 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.640 deeper connections and how sports impacts our lives on a 22 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.239 personal level. So be sure to check that out. I'll 23 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.719 try to leave a description. I'll link to the description 24 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:36.159 here on this episode, but if you are regular listen 25 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:38.200 to the main event review, he'd be great if you 26 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:40.640 could have a look at what I'm also doing on 27 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:44.560 the side as well. But without further ado, let's get 28 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.959 straight into it. We've got bfab taking on Candae Loray, 29 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.159 a pretty decent match, back and forth sort of match 30 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:54.280 as well, kind of the same story here, a bit 31 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:57.920 of balance and whatnot, but we did see Candace Loray 32 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:01.879 get the victory here with a roll up grabbing the tights. 33 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:05.319 And as for I guess what will happen with her? 34 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:08.479 She gets her second victory in a row on main event, 35 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:11.199 taking on Meachin last week and now taking her partner 36 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:14.840 befab on getting the victory here. That will give her 37 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.400 much needed momentum going into a potential feud with the 38 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:22.240 Wire six now that she's sort of the manager for DIY. 39 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:24.800 I like the new angle for Cannie Ray. I feel 40 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:27.800 like that's a good perfect angle for her, especially given 41 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:31.840 that she has a real time relationship with Johnny Gargano. 42 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.520 As for Beefab, again, not as mentioned before, not really 43 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.000 a fan of her, being a singles star. I think 44 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.240 it's better that she teams up with Meechin here probably 45 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:45.439 go after the tag team titles, but there's not much 46 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.879 clarity when it comes to when those tag team titles 47 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:52.120 are defending are being defended And in all seriousness, do 48 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:55.000 we really think that these two would be live and raqual. 49 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:59.199 Probably not, But there's probably the only thing that could 50 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:00.960 make them a bit more more meaningful is to go 51 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:04.639 for those titles or embrace them as a tag team. 52 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:07.879 If not for going for the titles, I would recommend 53 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.039 or I'd suggest or I'd think that'd be best if 54 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:15.080 they actually became a heel tag team as well. Given 55 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.120 that Michin is really a fan of the Kendlestick and 56 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.639 Befab is a massive presence, I feel like if they 57 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.360 turn the angle and just changed to be sort of 58 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:26.919 big villains, I think that that would do them a 59 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:28.800 really good service. You could see what it did for 60 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:32.319 Naomi's character. She's turned the leaf on her on her 61 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:35.599 old persona and has really embraced her heel role and 62 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.319 it is doing a fantastic job in that. So definitely 63 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.599 would love to see those two potentially explore being a 64 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.639 heel tag team but again, there'll be no real competitor 65 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:47.919 for LIV and Rocal, and I really want those tag 66 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.439 team titles or women's tag team titles to get defended. 67 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:52.879 I find that they're not really doing anything with the 68 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:55.759 titles and it's quite frustrating. And also the fact that 69 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:59.479 there's no clarity as to where the tag team titles lie. 70 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.159 It just makes it a bit more clattered and clustered. 71 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:05.479 So there's no point having titles if you're not going 72 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:07.120 to be able to defend them. Unless they're going to 73 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.719 just push the women's tag team division a little higher, 74 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:13.039 then I don't really see a point in getting them out, 75 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:16.199 and I feel like that's a struggle at the moment, 76 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:19.040 especially on the SmackDown side, Like the Intercontinental side is 77 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.079 pretty good, which we'll get to, but the SmackDown Women's side, 78 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:26.000 especially with the US title, is kind of vague at 79 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:30.319 the moment. But I do expect that Julia and Selina 80 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:32.480 Vega will be a good feud and a good promo 81 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.519 coming up shortly, and hopefully if Julia gets the victory there, 82 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:40.360 it will pave the way for potentially a decent run, 83 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:42.439 and I expect that to be a long run as well, 84 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:44.959 with a lot of opponents and stuff, so we'll have 85 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.160 to wait and see on that. But if there's no 86 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:50.040 room for women's tag teams, then there's really no point 87 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.160 having the belts, so I think they just need to 88 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:56.480 get defended there. We then move on to Raw, with 89 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.600 John Cena coming into the ring and obviously not going 90 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.959 to quote exactly what's been said, but essentially he came 91 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:06.959 out and taunted the fans, calling them spineless keyboard warriors 92 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.399 and ignorant arm chair activists, which I found pretty funny. 93 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.040 He also mentioned that the Troop's gimmick will basically spit 94 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.000 out from a year and no one will care about it, 95 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:19.399 and then went to mention all about his farewell dates, 96 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.079 basically counting down to nineteen dates, which is almost at 97 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:27.199 his halfway point, which is quite quickest. I feel like 98 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:31.319 those dates have gone so quick, so it is really 99 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.680 crazy to know that we're almost halfway into John Cena's 100 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:39.560 retirement tour. And as much as I love the idea 101 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.800 of John Cena going hell and being able to see 102 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:46.360 how it went, I don't really think it's been a 103 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.439 It's been very underwhelming, to say the least, and I 104 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:51.360 think the reason why it's been so underwhelming is because 105 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:53.199 we know that he's going to retire at the end 106 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:55.360 of the year, and we also sort of know that 107 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:58.480 he's pulling on this gimmick. It doesn't come natural to him, 108 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:00.800 like he's doing his best. I think he's doing really 109 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:04.079 well on the mic to really convince them people that 110 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.959 he is a heel. But it just especially when it's 111 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:10.079 just his last year, we're all going to know that 112 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.000 he's just going to turn the leaf and come back 113 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:14.519 to being the face Johnson and we know and love. 114 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.279 But it's great for us to sort of get a 115 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.480 sample on how this could have potentially looked like back 116 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:21.879 in the past. But I still think that they should 117 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:24.000 have pulled the trigger on this. They really should have 118 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:27.279 done this a long time ago when this was something 119 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.120 that could have been possible. But again, great for us 120 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:32.199 to sort of know what this could have been in 121 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:36.160 an alternative universe ten years ago. But anyway, he mentions 122 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:39.920 that he's halfway done and tols the fans not to 123 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:43.519 waste time sending the class clown, obviously referring to truth 124 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:46.079 and he said he wanted them to use their voice 125 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:51.279 and send him good competition. And from when I did 126 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:55.000 hear this. It basically invited sam Punk to come into 127 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.160 the ring personally, so there was no surprise when sam 128 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:01.120 Punk did make his entrance. In fact, and before I 129 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:04.920 go onto what cmpunk had to say and everything. I 130 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:07.000 don't know what I think about this because I feel 131 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:12.959 like we've left Sampunk and Seth Rowlins feud unresolved. The 132 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.560 last time they sort of had their their feud was 133 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.680 in the main event match and still having brawls on 134 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:23.480 raw and stuff. So I don't really understand how they're 135 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.399 doing this without like mentioning Seth Ronins unless Seth Rowlands 136 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.279 is going to be involved in cashing in for this belt, 137 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.720 but they still haven't resolved that. I guess they kind 138 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.279 of realized as John Cena has got not much states left, 139 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.160 they need to push this. This feud between Seampunk and 140 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.319 John Cena. It's something that we've obviously all been waiting for, 141 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:47.600 but again, finally that's been made. Sampunk calls him out 142 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:51.199 basically says that he's going to be here to essentially 143 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:54.920 be the voice of the voiceless and defend the establishment, 144 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:58.319 not for Tiko, not for the millionaires, but for all 145 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:02.600 the fans. So sim Punk is basically taking that responsibility 146 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:06.199 on himself. He calls out the Final Boss as well, 147 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.360 which was great, and then he also mentions that it 148 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:14.360 started with Rollin stomping on Punk and Sina putting him 149 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.000 in the stf He said that when he had seen 150 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:19.720 her saying he's sorry, he knew that he was not 151 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:23.639 doing it right and he knew that that was wrong. 152 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.519 So basically, when the fans channage you sold out from that, 153 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:31.319 he wanted to see Punk, wanted Sina to basically apologize 154 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:34.159 to all the people for the man he's become. And 155 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:37.200 he said that the title has corrupted Sena because it 156 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:40.440 happened to him back in twenty twenty twelve, and he 157 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:43.279 did say that holding the title wasn't the goal when 158 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:45.840 he came back, but he hated the man that he became, 159 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.759 and now he wants to take the title off John Cena, 160 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:56.240 and John Cena basically says and calls Seam Punk out 161 00:08:56.960 --> 00:08:59.919 to basically fight for the title at Night of champ 162 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:01.879 So we're never going to get that title on the 163 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:04.320 same day that fight, so Night of Champions, which is 164 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:08.120 quite ironic because he's telling Sampunk to go to Saudi 165 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:10.519 Arabia and Punks has said a lot of things about 166 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.559 that as well. We then had Seth Rolins coming out 167 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:18.120 and basically flexing the briefcase there. I thought that they 168 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.240 were going to come to the ring and pull a promo, 169 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.120 but it was great to kind of see that, and 170 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.960 to me, that was a message to say that I 171 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:30.679 guess Seth Rolands is going for this WWE Championship. I 172 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:34.200 know that John Cena said that he wasn't, but for me, 173 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.159 it feels as though that's the case. But we'll have 174 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:38.200 to We'll have to wait and see what happens with 175 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:41.279 Seth Rollins. But again, this promo was basically to quickly 176 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:43.879 set up the Night of Champions match between John Cena 177 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:46.720 and Cmpunk, which I'm excited for, but at Night of 178 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:48.879 Champions I don't know how I feel about it. Definitely, 179 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.360 John Cena is gonna retain the title. Here, it almost 180 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:55.679 feels like that's going to happen. So it's just frustrating 181 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.799 because like getting out the Ramsey Auto match and getting 182 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:01.039 out the Seampunk match so quick, so they have no 183 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:05.159 real chance at winning the title, so it's just a 184 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:06.960 filler match. In the end of the day, them two 185 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.360 are having their feud, but it's not something overly significant, 186 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.480 which is quite unfortunate, but who knows, it could be 187 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:17.480 something that could happen in the not too distant future 188 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:20.039 for it to be a real fighting chance for Sampunk 189 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:21.919 to win. But again, it's forcing him to go to 190 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:25.600 Saudi Arabia, and that's something that is quite interesting in 191 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:31.759 all this as well. We then get too basically the 192 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.720 our Truth promo. But first, because this happened before, I'll 193 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:37.960 go straight to Becky Lynch because of the way that 194 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:41.200 it was ordered on raw coming out into the ring 195 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:47.120 pretty much and just addressing what also happened post money 196 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:52.320 in the bank. So essentially, Becky makes her entrance to 197 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:57.000 the ring basically said that was bragging about our accomplishments. 198 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:00.480 She said that the title should be about opportunities and 199 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:04.360 the greatest opportunity was afforded to Lynch and she won it. 200 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.639 She said that she'd be celebrating with her husband and 201 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:12.000 beautiful child if she was able to, but Lara ruined everything. 202 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:16.279 She said that Lara raised Lynch's hands so aggressively that 203 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:18.919 Lynch thought she dislocated her shoulder, which is quite sleeve. 204 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.360 I feel like Lynch is embracing this kind of hell 205 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.000 role and a big fan of it, to be honest, 206 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.120 the way she just kind of makes you feel hate. 207 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:30.480 Heable making so many excuse but then she basically called 208 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:33.960 out Lara to apologize and raise her hand. Laura came 209 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:36.480 into the ring with an angry look, and as she 210 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:40.000 was about to come in and attack Becky Lynch, Bailey 211 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:43.919 showed up out of nowhere and started throwing forearms. Bailey 212 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.080 punched her a few times. Lynch escaped but realized that 213 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:51.200 Lara was behind her. Lara threw her back onto the ring, 214 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:54.679 and as Bailey was about to set up for roast plan, 215 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.000 Becky Lynch just ran away. So I'm really liking Becky 216 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.279 Lynch's as hero. I think it's something different to what 217 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:03.440 we're used to, but it's great. It's a great hero. 218 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:07.519 It's someone that's obviously talks the big talk but just 219 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.039 cheats her way into victories. And he's just extremely arrogant 220 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.639 as well, and it just kind of fits her mold perfectly. 221 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:17.399 I'm not sure what's going to happen now that Bailey's involved. 222 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:19.679 It's great to see her back, by the way, but 223 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.080 it feels like we haven't got that film match between 224 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:26.120 Laura Valkuria and Becky Lynch. We may see a triple 225 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.960 threat between these three, but it's going to be interesting 226 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:32.279 to see how Lara and Bailey potentially feued in this, 227 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.240 but I think it's setting up for an eventual summer 228 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:37.840 slam crash between the two. But it's great to see 229 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:40.480 Bailey show up and hopefully she doesn't get screwed over 230 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.399 this time. This is a pretty decent feud for her, 231 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.039 and this whole feud alone has really raised the level 232 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:52.000 of the Intercontinental Championship to the point where I've almost 233 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.960 forgot what's to go with Eoskuy, Like there is nothing 234 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:59.000 at the moment for Eoskuy as it seems, and as 235 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:03.120 it stands, since she's won the belt at WrestleMania, I 236 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:06.080 think she's only defended it once or maintained the title 237 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.679 at Wrestleman. I think she's only defended it once, And 238 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:11.440 it just seems as though there's no kind of screenings 239 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:13.200 for her at the moment and there's no feud. So 240 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:17.120 maybe after King Queen or Queen of the Ring they 241 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:20.039 might set up a match with her, but I don't know. 242 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.480 At this point, it's really it's really weird that we're 243 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.080 actually like covering so much of the Intercontinental Women's title 244 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:29.600 but nothing with the Women's World Heavyweight Championship. Maybe they'll 245 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.840 be cleared up on the next episode of Raw, but 246 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.360 that was just something that I kind of picked up 247 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.679 as well. It's been really quiet on that end. On 248 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:43.120 Eosky's end, then we get the Truth promo and Truth 249 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:47.080 Chance for coming in. He basically said that all the 250 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:50.879 fans brought him back, but he's back for himself. He 251 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:53.519 said he only not only did they bring the truth back, 252 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:58.159 but you got him and all the fans said the 253 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.120 Truth Chance. He basically also mentioned that we all love 254 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:03.440 our truth, but ar truth can be too funny and 255 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:07.639 too nice, and Ron is not like that. Ron said 256 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:10.120 that he feels different, he feels alive, and for anyone 257 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:14.039 who thinks he's some sideshow act or gimmick, they were 258 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:16.879 wrong or as he did that, he cut his scissors 259 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.120 and dreadlocks, so he didn't mention anything, and the fans 260 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.759 then chanted holy shiit, which is pretty crazy. He then 261 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:26.120 picked up the hair and said that the truth had 262 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:30.279 set him free, so he's basically going back to his 263 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.759 old character of Ron Killings, who is the truth, the 264 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.240 whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So that's going 265 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:42.399 to be extremely exciting to see. I do I'm sort 266 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:46.320 of gonna miss sort of the art Truth character to 267 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:49.639 be honest, the funny and low Gimmickquan and that's the 268 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:53.320 character work that we all made and fell in love with. 269 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:56.480 But I think with this new gimmick it gives him 270 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:59.720 more kind of power into the ring, and that's something 271 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:03.440 that I I think Tiko would have thought would be 272 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:06.639 something that would be a value for his contract and whatnot. 273 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:10.720 So obviously they made that lie that he was he 274 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:12.519 was fired and it was all part of the show. 275 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:16.200 I guess they weren't happy with Artruth being a comedic act, 276 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:20.440 so then ar Truth. Due to the fans everyone telling 277 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:23.039 him to come back, he came back. But now he's 278 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.279 going to be this character Ron Artruth Killings, which is 279 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:29.080 more to that kind of serious side, and he'll be 280 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.960 performing in ring as well. I do hope there is 281 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:36.399 a push for him. I'm really hoping as well that 282 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:38.639 he would be part of the King of the Ring tournament. 283 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:41.000 I know they're having a match with him next week 284 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.840 on SmackDown, which is quite disappointing. I really expected them 285 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.799 to because I don't think it's for the title either. 286 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:49.279 They haven't mentioned anything for the title. I don't think 287 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:53.399 it's going to mount for anything, unfortunately, because Johnson is 288 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:57.000 trying to throw these other matches involved with this, But 289 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.960 it feels like Artruth and Johnsena has the most authentic 290 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.320 feud at the moment, especially with Our Truth constantly beating 291 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:06.480 him up. So just to have that match and take 292 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.480 him away from there will be quite disappointing. But again, 293 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:12.120 this is going to be a big push for him. 294 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:15.480 Hopefully he wins a title. I'm really expecting him to 295 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.039 be a world champion just before the end of his career. 296 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.559 We'll have to wait and see if they do it. 297 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:23.039 But this new character is something exciting and it hasn't 298 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:24.919 been done for a while, so it's going to take 299 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.159 a lot of time to get used to. But I'm 300 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.159 definitely going to miss the funny Our Truth, and that 301 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:32.360 was something that we all also fell in love with 302 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.759 a lot. So yeah, it's a bit of a double 303 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:36.879 edged short. As much as I want to see Our 304 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.519 Truth be that comedic act, I do understand why this 305 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:43.279 is the case and sort of WWE wanting to get 306 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:46.960 the best value out of this as well. We then 307 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:50.639 go on to SmackDown and we get a Wirt six video, 308 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:58.000 so they address this. It's basically mentioning that they're not 309 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:01.039 here to be a nostalgic act. They are coming for 310 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:05.240 the Tag Team Championships and they are not going to 311 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:09.119 be forgotten their role here and I think their goal 312 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.839 is to basically question the brotherhood of these tag team divisions. 313 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:16.920 So how that's going to work not too sure. Spoiler alert. 314 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.319 On SmackDown, they do get their first victory against the 315 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:23.119 Murdercity machine Guns, so they're sending a massive message already 316 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:26.079 to the Tag team division. But it's really hard for 317 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:27.920 them to get out of the shadow of Bray White, 318 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:31.480 to be totally honest, and I think WWE is struggling 319 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:36.200 with that. But hopefully with this Tag Team Division input, 320 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:40.200 we might see this develop. But again I do hope 321 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:45.119 that he will Bo Dulles or all the White Six 322 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.599 as a whole get involved in singles titles as well. 323 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.559 It's great to have a tag team division, it's great 324 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:52.599 to take the belts off the tag team, but in 325 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:55.200 the end of the day, your main leader of the 326 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:59.039 faction group for it to be successful, has to either 327 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:02.839 have a significance feud with someone else or has to 328 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:05.599 have the title around their waist. And at the moment, 329 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:08.720 they're going for the tag team division. Unless he's going 330 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:11.799 to be involved in winning the title, I don't see 331 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.400 the value in it. If Dexter Loomis and Joey Gacy 332 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:17.119 windsor he might influence them, But ultimately we want to 333 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:19.880 see Uncle Howdy be the main driver in this. That's 334 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:21.880 how Bray Whitet was when he had the White Family. 335 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.640 I expect no less with the White Six as well, 336 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:29.039 and there hasn't been any kind of more character depth 337 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.519 into the rest of the characters either since those little 338 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:34.000 videotape cutouts, so it'd be great for them to kind 339 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:36.599 of get involved too. We'll have to see how this goes, 340 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:38.920 because the first thing of it when they first came 341 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.599 back on Raw didn't live up to the expectations. But 342 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:45.240 they are getting a lot of pops. I know it's nostalgic, 343 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.240 but they are getting a lot of good cheers from 344 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:50.440 the crowd. So if they can figure out a way 345 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:52.640 to work this out, well, then it could be something 346 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.160 that could be very significant. And I really liked the 347 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:58.200 Uncle Howdy character. I really do like Bo Dallas. He 348 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:01.240 really much reminds me of Bray Whye, especially with the promos, 349 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:05.000 so there's something to definitely work with here. We then 350 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:08.160 get the second main event match between dragon Ly and 351 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:12.240 Austin Theory. For some reason, dragon Le getting the victory, 352 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:15.720 which was a massive surprise for me, especially given that 353 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.160 Austin Theory wasn't with Grayson Waller in ring as well. 354 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.599 The only way I could sort of justify this is 355 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:25.480 maybe for Grayson Waller to push the narrative that he 356 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:28.720 needs him for Austin Theory to be good, or he 357 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:31.640 also thinks that he's better than Austin Theory as well, 358 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:34.759 and that just boosts Grayson Waller's ego. But there is 359 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:40.920 no justification or other justification to give Dragonly a victory here. 360 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:43.319 If I'm all honest, I think Austin Theory is starting 361 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:45.920 to get heat from the crowd. The split up is near, 362 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:48.839 and a victory here would have pushed that agenda a 363 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:53.200 lot further than normal. So don't really understand why this 364 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:55.559 was the case. But dragon Ly will take the victory, 365 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.720 but there's not really much for dragon Le to do, 366 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:01.200 so it doesn't really make sense for me at the moment. 367 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.200 It would have made much more sense if Austin Theory 368 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:05.640 won and they started to push that agenda that he 369 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:08.880 doesn't need Grayson Waller, he's better without him, and he 370 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:11.440 gets a victory here that gives him that momentum too. 371 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:13.880 It kind of defeats the purpose of them splitting up. 372 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:16.279 Of course they're going to, but the point was that 373 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:19.240 Austin Theory can do better without Grayson Waller, and this 374 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:21.839 match didn't prove that that was true because he lost 375 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.759 and Grayson Waller wasn't there. So quite confusing for me. Again, 376 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:28.279 it is main event, so not really sure how many 377 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:30.799 people are going to look into this, but it was 378 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:35.799 something that I thought i'd against address. The other thing 379 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.160 I want to quickly address is has anyone heard from 380 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:41.039 Ludwig Kaiser. I have not seen him in a few weeks, 381 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:43.240 and I'm starting to get a bit worried he could 382 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:46.039 be the questionnary guy for tomorrow. I know a lot 383 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:52.599 of people are saying Ilia dragonov j usso potentially our truth, 384 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:56.039 but I wouldn't be surprised if it's Ludwig Kaiser and 385 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:58.519 the one reason Why I do say that is because 386 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:02.759 he is part of Imperial and well they're technically sort 387 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:05.599 of not together, but they still are, so it could 388 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:07.359 be him, and he could be there just to make 389 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:11.240 a case and give Guntha a big run. But who knows. 390 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:14.519 That's just a wild question. Mark take that I have 391 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.240 will be extremely underwhelming if it is Kaiser, but it 392 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:20.079 would be quite interesting as well. I do think it's 393 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:24.400 going to be ja Uso, which will frustrate me. But yeah, 394 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:28.400 that's my predictions for who the next mystery opponent will be. 395 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:32.440 The dark horse being Ludvig, Kaiser, jay Uso being the 396 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:35.359 one that will actually get it, or potentially Eli the 397 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.880 drago of It's got to be one of those three. 398 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:39.680 If it's anyone else, I'll be very surprised. If it's 399 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:43.440 Joe Hendry, I'll be very happy to I'm saying his name, 400 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:46.960 so hopefully he does appear. Speaking of Gunsher, we get 401 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:50.039